Morning journal and courier., 1887-09-14
OFF TONIGHT.

Veteran Firemen's Excursion to Phila- delphia Centennial - TWenty.RIve Sons of the Veterans Association to Go With Them-The Grand Parade ThursdaY-OT for Atlantic City Fri. day-WelcOme Home Saturday Night. The Philadelphia fever with the old vets is at white heat. To night at 12 o'clock as the prov of the noble steamer o. H. Northam is outward turned and it parts the glad waters of the bright and beautiful Sound with the famous Second Regiment band on board playing "The girls we leave behind us" there will be on the steamer as happy a party as ever left New Haven. All the plans I are now complete, and the veterans and the
 fsons" await the hour of starting The vet 1 erans' sons will take the hose carriage used at the Savin Rock races during the picnic.
 Each 'vet," as well as the 'ssons," will wear a neat ribboned badge printed in gold, at- tached will be wooden suggestive of the nickname of Connecticut. The following is the roster of officers and members:
 Foreman, Lent Bishop, hook and ladder I No. 1.
 First assistant, Charles Doty, Engine TO- Second assistant, George F. Peckham, En- zine 2.
 In charge of engine-L LeBars, Garwood Griswold.
 Representative engineers Charles E. Hays, Charles O. Hall.
 J. NJ. Hendricks, M. N. Atwater, A. O. Sherman, T. A. Cooper, D. J. Shields, A. J.. Hunt, c. E. Hayes, L. E. Bradley, H. &. Baldwin, John Uhl, L. LeBars, E. Williams, E. Grinnell, O. Doty, T. Lyman, w. Carr, H. Martin, H. Hanson, J. W. Haywood, Charles Levere, 0. L. Johnson, W. Young, E. Cod well, Lent Bishop, Henry How'd, Ira Bride, Thomas Lawton, B. Stevenson, John Nun son, F. Schuster, E. T. Nettleton, c. 0. Hall, 0. E. Hall, G. Peckham, F. Bissell, A. Walpbie, F. E. Twitche1l, George Hinman, T. F. Camp, Louis Mantle, Charles Mead, J. E. Anthony, George Beckley, Chas. Goodrich, Henry Bromley, J. F. Davis, C.. w. Bailey, James Brown. O. W. Berkelee,
 Wm. Chidsey, Clarence Beecher, George ". Bishop, T. P. B. Perkins, W. Johnson, G. Griswold, w. Lawrence, H. E. Smith, William Tighe, J. DeFour, Charles Smith, ILL Nettleton, J. Mills, B. F. Guyer, B. McManus H. s. Hamilton H. Monroe, H. T. Mix, Asa Curtis, A.C. Crockett, M. Welch and others.
 The Sons of Veterans are as follows: Chas Doty, jr., Wm. Martin, G. Allen, Henry Martin, A. Klenke, Otto Rumph, Ed. Leyer- zaph, Wm. Leyerzaph, w. E.. Niles, A. Hayward, E. Coogan, Arthur Liefeld, Ed Smith, Thos. Hermiter, E: M. Hope, Ed. r. Mantle, Thos. Madden, Frank Schuster, A. Y. Friend and eleven others.
 The committee having the excursion in charge are as follows: Morgan N. Atwater, A. c. Sherman, Charles Dotv, G. W. Stod- dard, B. F. Guyer, 0. F. Levere, c. W. Berkelee, G. w. Bean.
 One of the features of the occasion will be the ''gripsack' of Charles berkelee, including his fwooden nutmegs."
 This will be one of the most noted excur- sions ever known in the history of our vete- ran firemen, and that they will be a conspic. uous and most gratifying addition to the grand procession of hremen tomorrow there grand excursion to Atlantic City as the guests of the Philadelphia fremen and famous banquet will be served at Atlantic City. The Philadelphia iremen have Beck's famous band for the two days. Our veterans go at an expense of $2, 800, all of which is paid by them selves without State aid. A part of this sum, picnic at Savin Rock. The Governors Foot Guard of Hartford will also go to Philadel- phia, leaving to night. For these the State appropriated $5,000. The veteran firemen will on their arrival in New York tomorrow morning march across the city and at Jerssy City will breakfast and then take the Bound Brook to Philadelphia. They arrive in Phil
 
 and Green street depot by the Veteran Fire mems association of Philadelphia and escort ed into line. After taking part in the great centennial fremen's parade they will be es- corted to their hotel, the Washington House, Seventh and Chestnut streets, John Tracy proprietor, where the best of accommodation has been provided. On Friday also they will witness the great military display in honor of the constitutional centennial. Governor Lounsbury and the Connecticut delegation will be serenaded at Continental Hotel.
 Saturday evening they arrive home on the boat and will be given royal welcome by Admiral Foote post.
 Tonight the veterans meet at their rooms in the Insurance building at and at about 10 o'clock will start for the boat. They will march down Chapel 10 East, to Bridge, to the boat, headed by the Second regiment band. Hundreds will no doubt be out to see them parade. Their machine" to be drawn in the parade, old Hercules 8, has al- ready been sent to Philadelphia. In the pa rade to night the Vets will wear the old time red shirts and regular parade uniform gene- rally.